1. Animal Terminology

2. Terms to write on the left hand side of your paper…
Male of breeding age: Mature male, can & does reproduce
Mature female: Mature female, has a live baby
Young male: Hasn’t reproduced – teenager
Young female: Hasn’t reproduced – teenager
Newborn: baby

3. Terms Continued Unsexed male: Testicles removed
Unsexed female: Reproductive parts removed
Groups: A lot of them together
Act of breeding: mating or “sex in humans”
Act of parturition: Giving birth
Meat: what we eat, section at the store

4. Cattle Cow – mature females that can/have reproduced
Steer- castrated male cattle that cannot reproduce
Bullock – young male bulls that cannot reproduce
Heifer – young female; has not had offspring
Calf – young cattle to young to reproduce
Bull – male cattle that can reproduce

5. More Cattle Calving – Act of giving birth Serving – Act of breeding
Spayed – Unsexed female
Herd – Group
Beef – Meat

6. Sheep Ram – mature male sheep Ewe lamb – young female sheep
Ram lamb – young male sheep
Lamb – newborn sheep or young sheep,
Ewe – mature female sheep
Wether – castrated male sheep
Tupping- act of breeding
Lambing- act of giving birth

7. More Sheep Spayed – Unsexed famle Flock – Group
Lamb – meat eaten from a lamb less than 1 year old (lamb < 1yr)
Mutton – meat eaten from a lamb older than 1 year old (mutton >1yr)

8. Swine - Hogs or Pigs Barrow – castrated male pig or hog
Boar – mature male hog
Gilt – young female pig (what we show)
Shoat – young male pig
Piglet – newborn or very young pig
Sow – mature female
Coupling- act of breeding
Farrowing- act of giving birth

9. More piggy
Spayed – Unsexed famle
Drove – Group
Pork – Meat

10. Chickens Hen – mature female chicken Capon – castrated male chicken
Chick – newborn chicken
Cockral – young male
Cock (Rooster) – mature male chicken
Pullet – young female chicken
Mating – act of breeding
Laying/Hatching – act of giving birth

11. More Chicken Spayed – Unsexed female – we don’t unsex Flock – Group
Layers = produce Eggs we eat
Broilers/Fryers = meat we eat
Poultry is the section in the store
**Discuss how you get baby chicks vs. eggs.

12. Turkey Tom – mature male turkey Hen – mature female turkey
Jake – young male
Hen Poult – young female
Chick- newborn
Capon – castrated male turkey
Mating- act of breeding
Laying/hatching- act of giving birth

13. More Turkey Spayed – Unsexed female Flock – Group
we don’t unsex them
Flock – Group
Turkey/Poultry – Meat we eat

14. Horses Gelding – castrated male horse
Stallion or Stud – mature male horse
Filly – young female horse
Foal – newborn horse
Mare – mature female horse
Colt – young male horse
Covering- act of breeding
Foaling- act of giving birth

15. Nay Nay Spayed – Unsexed female Herd – Group
Horse – Meat – However in the U.S.A we don’t consume horse meat.
European area it is a delicacy.

16. Goats Wether – castrated male goat (what we show)
Doe kid – young female goat
Buck kid – young male goat
Doe – mature female goat
Billy/ Buck – mature male goat
Kid – newborn goat
Serving- act of breeding
Kidding- act of giving birth

17. More Goat Spayed – Unsexed female Band – Group of goats
Goat – Meat we eat

18. Rabbit Buck- mature male rabbit Doe- mature female rabbit
Virgin- young female rabbit
Kit- newborn rabbit
Litter-group of rabbits
Servicing- act of breeding
Kindling- act of giving birth

19. More Rabbits We don’t unsex female rabbits Litter – Group of bunnies
Rabbit – Meat we eat
some people do consume rabbits